MTWorld.com - Resume Building Action Words

Below is a list of action words that can be used to strengthen your descriptions of duties, responsibilities, and achievements. Where possible you should begin each descriptive sentence with one of these action words. By expressing statements in this way you will project enthusiasm and your resume will command attention and convey a sense of power.

Resume Building Action Words:

A	D	I	PQ	S
Achieved	Decreased	Identified	Participated	Scheduled
Acquired	Defined	Implemented	Performed	Selected
Administered	Delegated	Improved	Persuaded	Served
Advised	Demonstrated	Incorporated	Planned	Set
Allocated	Designed	Increased	Prepared	Simplified
Analyzed	Dictated	Influenced	Presented	Sold
Applied	Directed	Initiated	Prioritized	Solicited
Appointed	Dispersed	Inspected	Processed	Solved
Appraised	Displayed	Installed	Procured	Staffed
Assembled	E	Instituted	Produced	Started
Assessed	Edited	Instructed	Programmed	Structured
Assigned	Effected	Integrated	Projected	Studied
Assisted	Enabled	Introduced	Promoted	Submitted
Attended	Ensured	Investigated	Proofread	Succeeded
B	Established	L	Proposed	Suggested
Balanced	Estimated	Learned	Provided	Supervised
Budgeted	Evaluated	Led	Published	Supported
Built	Examined	M-N	Qualified	Surpassed
C	Exceeded	Maintained	Quantified	T
Calculated	Executed	Managed	R	Tabulated
Changed	Exercised	Marketed	Raised	Taught
Clarified	Exhibited	Mobilized	Reasoned	Terminated
Collected	Expanded	Moderated	Received	Trained
Communicated	Expedited	Modified	Recognized	Transcribed
Compiled	F	Monitored	Recommended	Transferred
Completed	Facilitated	Motivated	Reconciled	Typed
Composed	Fixed	Negotiated	Redesigned	U-Z
Computed	Focused	O	Reduced	Updated
Conducted	Formulated	Observed	Refined	Utilized
Consolidated	Founded	Obtained	Repaired	Verified
Contributed	G-H	Operated	Replaced	Wrote
Coordinated	Generated	Ordered	Reported
Crafted	Guided	Organized	Represented
Created	Helped	Originated	Researched
	Hired	Oversaw	Restored
			Restructured
			Reviewed

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